Inspirational Athlete Stories
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating — 228,788 ratings
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Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
by:
Joe De Sena
3.91 avg rating — 2,072 ratings 4. 
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
by:
Rich Roll
4.02 avg rating — 26,344 ratings 
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,193 ratings
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Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
by:
Scott Jurek
4.03 avg rating — 38,464 ratings 11. 
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An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age
by:
John Bingham
3.84 avg rating — 816 ratings 
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Where Mountains Come to Swim: A journey into the mind of a man training to swim across the Sea of Cortez
by:
Paul Lundgren
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
by:
Lance Armstrong
3.71 avg rating — 41,093 ratings 27. 
Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph
by:
Travis Roy
4.19 avg rating — 1,031 ratings 27. 
I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
by:
Michael Oher
4.13 avg rating — 8,684 ratings 27. 
Where Mountains Come to Swim: A journey into the mind of a man training to swim across the Sea of Cortez
by:
Paul Lundgren
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 27. 
The Mountains are Calling: Running in the High Places of Scotland
by:
Jonny Muir
4.05 avg rating — 164 ratings 
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Running Ransom Road: Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a Time
by:
Caleb Daniloff
3.84 avg rating — 508 ratings 
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The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism
by:
Howard Bryant
4.39 avg rating — 743 ratings 
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Start by Believing: Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions that Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster
by:
John Barr
4.35 avg rating — 831 ratings 46. 
The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer
by:
Caitlin Murray
4.45 avg rating — 1,897 ratings 47. 
Soccerwomen: The Icons, Rebels, Stars, and Trailblazers Who Transformed the Beautiful Game
by:
Gemma Clarke
3.98 avg rating — 161 ratings 
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Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women's Self-Defense Movement
by:
Wendy L. Rouse
4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings 51. 
Finding a Way to Play: The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball
by:
Joanne Lannin
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings 52. 
Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women 3.76 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen
by:
Joe Drape
4.14 avg rating — 655 ratings 53. 
Large Print Bible Dictionary & Concordance (Over 6,000 Bibical Names And Terms, Large Print Reference)
by:
Ottenheimer
3.80 avg rating — 142 ratings 55. 
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Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later
by:
Sandy Tolan
3.71 avg rating — 35 ratings 57. 
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
by:
David Halberstam
4.28 avg rating — 6,679 ratings 57. 
Here Comes Exterminator!: The Longshot Horse, the Great War, and the Making of an American Hero
by:
Eliza McGraw
4.01 avg rating — 111 ratings 
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Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
by:
Louis Zamperini
4.36 avg rating — 3,801 ratings 
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King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
by:
David Remnick
4.26 avg rating — 4,842 ratings 63. 
Murderball: Head to Head With Australia's Toughest Team
by:
Will Swanton
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 63. 
The Jackie Robinson Reader: Perspectives on an American Hero
by:
Roger Kahn
3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings 
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
by:
David Maraniss
4.16 avg rating — 5,510 ratings 67. 
Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
by:
Dara Torres
3.75 avg rating — 1,094 ratings 67. 
Running with Raven: The Amazing Story of One Man, His Passion, and the Community He Inspired 4.10 avg rating — 427 ratings
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Ali vs. Inoki: The Forgotten Fight That Inspired Mixed Martial Arts and Launched Sports Entertainment
by:
Josh Gross
3.71 avg rating — 174 ratings 71. 
A Season on the Mat: Dan Gable and the Pursuit of Perfection
by:
Nolan Zavoral
4.22 avg rating — 157 ratings 71. 
The Road to Sparta : Retracing the Ancient Battle and Epic Run That Inspired the World's Greatest Foot Race
by:
Dean Karnazes
3.87 avg rating — 1,473 ratings 73. 
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
by:
Noé Álvarez
3.50 avg rating — 4,589 ratings 74. 
26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
by:
Meb Keflezighi
4.19 avg rating — 4,895 ratings 
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Something Like the Gods: A Cultural History of the Athlete from Achilles to LeBron
by:
Stephen Amidon
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51 ratings 78. 
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,769 ratings
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Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time
by:
Tim Wendel
3.81 avg rating — 193 ratings 81. 
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Starting and Closing: Perseverance, Faith, and One More Year
by:
John Smoltz
3.78 avg rating — 371 ratings 
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At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
by:
Hana Ali
4.18 avg rating — 195 ratings 86. 
Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971
by:
Leigh Montville
3.80 avg rating — 186 ratings 
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The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
by:
Muhammad Ali
4.23 avg rating — 2,173 ratings 90. 
Tales from the 5th Street Gym: Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing
by:
Ferdie Pacheco
3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings 
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Running with the Champ: My Forty-Year Friendship with Muhammad Ali
by:
Tim Shanahan
3.86 avg rating — 50 ratings 
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The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft
by:
Reinhard Kleist
4.08 avg rating — 1,178 ratings